NGC 6523 - The Lagoon

[monoxide]

heres one from lastnight.
had the UHC filter in for this one.
3 hours 40mins of data (22x 10min)


50% version (1.3mb)
http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/1886/lagoon.jpg

100% full frame (3.1mb)
http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/4250/lagoonbig.jpg

[Paul Haese]

Excellent image. Nice framing and perfect stars.:thumbsup:

[desler]

Lovely detail and well presented, Nicely done!


Darren

[multiweb]

Nice one Tj. Very clear and bright picture. :thumbsup:

[monoxide]

thanks guys :)

[Lester]

Very nice image, you are on a roll, thanks for the view.

[TrevorW]

Nice image glad too see the QHY8 can produce such quality

[telecasterguru]

Tj,

Fantastic image and with a UHC. What make of filter? I was going to use my Astronomic UHC this weekend on my 350D.

Frank

[monoxide]

hey Frank, i use a Baader UHC-S filter.
works really well on nebulae BUT kills star colours

[alan meehan]

WOW you have done the lagoon proud this is one of my favorites good contrast and loverly detail well done.
ALAN

[Jen]

:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup: nice work Tj :)

[monoxide]

thanks Alan and Jen.

even though it gets imaged to death its still one of my favourites.
its just a beautiful nebula with the structures and the dust through it and im really happy with how the image turned out.

[zipdrive]

very smooth and detailed, an excellent capture:thumbsup:

[spearo]

Lovely,
structures come out nicely
well done
frank

[monoxide]

thanks Dave and Frank :thumbsup:

[strongmanmike]

Yes the Lagoon is imaged a lot but when done well, like here, it's a pleasure to look at :thumbsup:

Mike

[gregbradley]

That's a lovely rendition of the Lagoon. You did everything well.

Greg.